“There is absolutely no coordination, you have to step on people to get a tent. The Prime Minister should take care of his own people before going to Somalia and Libya,” said a disgruntled 18-year-old Suleyman Akbulut to Reuters.

Considering the chaos caused by the natural disaster, many rescue feats have been accomplished. On Oct. 26, rescuers carried 14-day-old Azra Karaduman from a seven story collapsed building in Ercis where she spent 46 hours under the rubble.

The infant’s mother and grandmother were also rescued shortly after. Ercis, with a population of 75,000, is categorized as one of Turkey’s most earthquake-prone zones. The cities of Ercis and Van were hit the hardest.

“Turkey is particularly vulnerable to earthquakes because it sits on major geological fault lines,” reported BBC News.

Since December 1939, 14 major earthquakes have rocked the country. Images show volunteers and rescue teams breaking down large amounts of rubble crushing the city; some volunteers used shovels and even their bare hands to reach those trapped under the destruction.

More than 100 aftershocks were recorded within 10 hours of the initial earthquake.

“May God protect us from this kind of grief,” said Kursat Lap, a resident who lost his nephew’s family, to The Associated Press.

Many of those trapped in the rubble used their cellular phones to call for help and notify rescuers of their location. Others, once freed, helped free their friends by determining where they would have been when the quake struck.

Some were pulled free after lying under rubble for 24 hours; video footage shows volunteers carrying a rescued toddler from the rubble as well.